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(ModeL) N. NEWMAN.

HOOP FASTENERi No. 309,487.' Patented Dec. 16, 1884.

NlTED STATES PATENT Trice.

NELSON NEIVMAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADVER- TISINGALARM SIGN COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HOOP FASTENER.

EJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,487, datedDecember 16, 1884.

Application filed December 6, 1853.

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, NELsoN NEWMAN, of Springfield, in the county ofSangamon,and in the State of Illinois,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hoop-Fasteners; andl do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the outer sideof my device as preferably constructed. Fig. 2 is a like view of therear side of the same. Figs. 3 and 4. are likeviews of a modification ofsaid device, and Fig. 5 is a perspec- [5 tive view of a barrel havingitshoops secured in place by means of said fastening.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to enable the hoops of barrels and othersimilar articles to be easily secured in position without interferingwith their freedom of motion in the direc tion necessary for tighteningthem after shrinkage of the vessel; and to this end said inventionconsists in a hoop-fastening which is adapted to be driven between thehoop and the stave, and is provided upon its inner side with means,substantially as shown, for automatic engagement with the stave,and isadapted for engagement with the chine edge of the hoop, substantially asand for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings, A represents my fastening, which consists of aplate of sheet metal that has preferably a width'of about threeeighthsof an inch and a length of about one and one-fourth inch, and at oneend, a, is pointed to enable it to be more readily driven under a hoop,B. At two or more 40 points the metal composing the fastening Ais(Model) driven downward, so as to form upon the rear side or back teetha, which have a rearward rake, while at the head of said devicethe metalis turned outward, so as to form at such point a lug, a". In place ofsaid lug a? one or more teeth, a, raking forward, may be formed upon theupper face, near the rear end of said plate,

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, by punching the same from the rear, as incase of said teeth a. The device thus constructed is driven beneath ahoop, B, from the chine end of the barrel C, until the lug a or teeth aengage with the edge of the hoop,when, by the engagement of the teeth awith the contiguous stave, said fastening will be prevented from movingrearward, and said loop will. be securely held in place. Should a hoopbecome loosened by the shrinkage ofthe barrel, it may be driven upwarduntil tight in the usual manner, and the fastenings then driven toplace, so as to hold said hoop in its new position.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new A hoop-fastening which is adapted to be driven betweenthe hoop and the stave, and is provided upon its inner side with means,substantially as shown and described, for antomatic engagement with thestave, and is adapted for engagement with the chine edge of the hoop,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of November, 1883.

NELSON NEWVMAN.

Witnesses:

HENRY G. LATHAM, DANIEL D. HALLAHAN.

